Machine guns introduction
Austria
 Schwarzlose M07 M07/12
 Steyr-Solothurn MG 30
 Steyr AUG /Hbar
Belgium
 FN Model D
 FN Minimi
 FN MAG
 FN BRG-15
China, People's Republic
 Type 67 GPMG
 Type 88 GPMG
 Type 95 LMG
 Type 77 HMG
 Type 85 HMG
 W-85 HMG
 Type 89 HMG
 Type 02 / QJG 02 HMG
Czech Republic
 ZB 26
 ZB 53 / Vz.37
 ZB 60 new
 Vz.52, Vz.52/57 upd
 UK Vz.59 upd
Denmark
 Madsen LMG
 Madsen-Saetter
Finland
 L/S-26
 Valmet KvKK 62
France
 Chauchat CSRG M1915
 Hotchkiss Portative
 Hotchkiss M1914
 Hotchkiss M1922 LMG
 Hotchkiss M1930 HMG
 MAC M1924/29
 AAT Mod.52
Germany
 MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18
 MG 13
 MG 34
 MG 35/36 Knorr-Bremse
 MG 42 and MG 3
 HK 21 and 23
 HK MG 4
Great Britain
 Vickers Mk.I
 Hotchkiss Portable Mk.I
 Lewis
 Vickers-Berthier
 Bren
 L86A1 SA-80 LSW
Israel
 Dror
 Negev
Italy
 Fiat-Revelli M1914 M1935
 Breda M1930
 Breda M1937
Japan
 Type 03 & Type 92
 Type 11
 Type 96 & Type 99
 Type 62
Mexico
 Mendoza
Russia / USSR
 Maxim M1910/30
 Degtyarov DP DPM RP-46
 Degtyarov DS-39
 Degtyarov RPD
 Kalashnikov RPK
 Kalashnikov RPK-74
 Gorjunov SG-43 SGM
 Kalashnikov PK / PKM
 Pecheneg
 DShK DShKM 12.7
 NSV 12.7 'Utes'
 Kord 12.7
 KPV 14.5
Singapore
 STK Ultimax 100
 CIS .50 MG
South Africa
 Vector SS-77 / Mini-SS
South Korea
 Daewoo K3
Spain
 CETME Ameli
Sweden
 Knorr-Bremse m/40
Switzerland
 W+F Lmg 25
 SIG KE-7
 Steyr-Solothurn MG 30
 SIG MG 50
 W+F MG 51
 SIG MG 710
USA
 Benet-Mercie M1909
 Lewis
 Browning M1917 M1919
 Browning M1918 BAR
 Johnson M1941 M1944
 M60
 M16 LSW / LMG
 M134 Minigun
 XM214 Microgun
 Stoner 63
 M249 SAW
 M240
 Mk.48 mod.0
 Browning M2HB .50 cal
 XM312 .50 cal
 LW50MG

 Gatling, Minigun, Vulcan

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Knorr-Bremse (Lauf) LH-33 MG-35/36 M/40 light machine gun (Germany, Sweden)

Swedish Knorr-Bremse Kg. m/40 light machine gun, caliber 6.5mm

	MG-35/36	Kg. m/40
Caliber	7.92x57	6.5x55
Weight	10 kg	8.5 kg
Length	1280 mm	1257 mm
Barrel length	500 mm	685 mm
Feed	box magazine, 25 rounds	box magazine, 20 rounds
Rate of fire	500 rounds per minute	480 rounds per minute

In 1940 Sweden, feeling the lack of light machine guns then in service, bought a manufacturing licence for a relatively unknown (and hardly successful) light machine gun which was developed during the mid-thirties by Hans Lauf at the German car brake manufacturing company, Knorr-Bremse. The same weapon, chambered for 7.92 Mauser ammunition, was produced for Knorr-Bremse by Steyr factory in Austria. It was purchased in limited numbers as MG-35/36 by the German Waffen SS but proved unreliable, and in Germany it was used mostly for training. The “Swedish Knorr-Bremse” was produced by the Svenska Automatvapen AB (SAV) company under licence. This weapon was offered to the Swedish government and it was quickly adopted as the Kg m/40. Unlike most other Swedish- or German-made machine guns, the m/40 was very unpopular among soldiers, because of its poor reliability. About 5,000 m/40 machine guns were delivered to the Swedish government between 1940 and 1943, and most were quickly passed down from the Army to the Home Guard; soon after the war the Kg m/40 were withdrawn from Home Guard service.

The Kg m/1940 light machine gun was developed from the German Knorr-Bremse MG.35/36 light machine gun, but with certain changes, such as a different caliber, omission of the selective-fire capability, and a different magazine.
The Knorr-Bremse light machine gun is a gas operated, air-cooled, automatic-only (Kg m/40) or selective-fire (MG 35/36) weapon that fires from an open bolt. The long-stroke gas piston is located above the barrel, in the long gas tube, which runs all the way to the muzzle. The gas tube is connected to the bore of the barrel via two curved gas channels. Barrel locking is achieved by a vertically tilting bolt, which is linked to the gas piston rod by a swinging link.
The Knorr-Bremse light machine gun uses only a magazine feed system. The feed is from the left side, with ejection to the right. Swedish Knorr-Bremse m/40 machine guns used modified Swedish BAR (m/21 or m/37) magazines, while German Knorr-Bremse MG-35/36 used 25-round "Dreyse" MG-13 magazines.
The Kg m/40 is fitted with a carrying handle and folding bipod, both attached to the gas piston tube. Rear sights are of the aperture (diopter) type on Swedish guns and of open, V-notch type on German guns.

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